Series 84248
Weber County (Utah). County Clerk Death registers, i 1898-1905.
1 microfilm reel
These records are housed in the Utah State Archives' permanent storage room.
Historical Note
See history of the records' creator.
Summary of Records
Scope and Content
This series contains two registers listing deaths in the county during the years 1898-1905. The registers were created in compliance with state law requiring that, beginning in 1898, each physician, clergyman, justice of the peace, and undertaker was required to keep a registry of the name, age, residence, and time of death of the decedent. Each person registering deaths filed quarterly with the county clerk or the local board of health in the case of incorporated cities. (Revised Statutes of Utah 1898, Title 57, p. 474-475)
Each entry in the registers includes the decedent' s name, occupation, age, marital status, sex, race, color, residence, term of residence, cause of death, the name of the informant making report, and assigned number. Individual certificates with the same information follow the register. At some point in the later twentieth century a handwritten name index was added to each register.
In 1905, the state passed a law requiring each county to file a uniformcertificate with the State Bureau of Vital Statistics.
Research Note
Deaths occurring in Ogden are not included on this register. The researcher should contact Weber County Vital Statistics.
Arrangement
Chronological by year but not by month. Entries were recorded in order of report, not by date of death. Individual certificates follow the register.
Additional Forms
This series is available on microfilm.
Copies of these records are located at, Ancestry.com,,. View Online.
Access Restrictions
This series is classified as Public.
Use Restrictions
These records are available for reproduction and use.
Preferred Citation
Cite the Utah State Archives and Records Service, the creating agency name, the series title, and the series number.
Acquisition Information
These records were acquired from the creating agency through established retention schedules.
Processing Information
Processed by M. Call in October 1998.
Related Material
Death certificates from the Office of Vital Records and Statistics,
, contains death certificates filed with the Bureau of Vital Records beginning in 1904.
Container List
Reel | Box | Description |
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1 | 1 | 1898 Jan-1905 Jan; Book [1], Register of Deaths, pp. 2-27 |
1 | 1 | 1898 Jan-1905 Jan; Book [1], Name index, pp. 54-68 |
1 | 2 | 1904 Nov-1905 May; Book 2, Register of Deaths, pp. 1-5 |
1 | 2 | 1904 Nov-1905 May; Book 2, Name index, pp. 7-9 |